Autobiographical Writing in Adolescents: An Exploratory Study

This study developed out of the researcher's effort to clarify the effect of autobiographical journal writing. In the associative model students participated in guided imagery with an open-ended conclusion, allowing for free association and descriptive writing. Each imagery task was paired with autobiographical writing, which encouraged a strong base within each writer's experience. In the analytical model the students participated in the same autobiographical writing task, but heard an example by an autobiographical writer read aloud or were directed to use an affective framework for the analysis of the material written by individuals or small groups. The control group completed a news reporting unit and several short writing assignments.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Rosen, Elizabeth Mcclure

• Education, Language and Literature

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(UMI)AAI8302973

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68834